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Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy are two different surgical procedure. Cystoscopy is performed to look inside the urethra and bladder whereas Ureteroscopy is performed to look inside the ureters and kidneys. But, both these surgical methods can be used together to examine and diagnose the entire urinary tract.

During a cystoscopy procedure, your urologist can see the following:

Stones – Formation of kidney stones can cause a blockage inside your bladder when substances from the urine become highly concentrated.

Abnormal tissues, polyps, tumors, or cancer in the urethra and bladder.

Stricture – Narrowing of the urethra that can be a result of an enlarged prostate in men or due to scarring of the tissues.

Cystoscopy helps to treat bleeding issues in the bladder and blockages in the urethra. It can also be used for the following:

To remove stones in the bladder or urethra.

For biopsy – Taking small pieces of tissues from urethra or bladder to examine under a microscope.

To inject medicines in order to treat leakage from the bladder.

To perform retrograde pyelography – An X-ray procedure to create images of the urine flow which can detect stones and tumors within the urinary tract.

To remove or discard abnormal tissues, polyps, tumors.

To inject material into the urethral wall in order to treat urinary leakage.

To obtain urine samples

To remove stent placed in the ureter

Similarly, ureteroscopy can treat urine blockages in the ureter. It can also be conducted for the following:,/p>

To remove stones from the kidney or ureter

To perform biopsy of the ureter and kidney

To remove abnormal tissues, types of tumors, polyps

After performing a Cystoscopy URS, doctor can leave a stent in the ureter of the patient to drain urine from the kidney to the bladder until the swelling of the ureter goes away. Stent can be removed after a few days or a week. To remove the stent from the ureter, the doctor may require to perform Cystoscopy again.